Right Side Bar - Used By - Cataloging - QA Test Plan

Owned by Megan Forbes
Last updated: Nov 11, 2022
6 min read

  • Actions:
    1. Create a new Object or Procedural Record of any kind
      1. NB: The right sidebar of Authority records is not expected to follow the same functionality, so please restrict this testing to Object or Procedural records.
    2. Enter a Reference number and Save the record
  • Expected:
    • After save, a blue-shaded sidebar should appear on the right side of the page
      • If the sidebar does not appear, click on Show sidebar, located under the Procedure name at the top right
    • The sidebar should contain a menu titled Related Objects: 0
  • Action
    • Click on the triangle to open the Related Objects menu
  • Expected
    • There should be no Related Objects listed
  • Actions
    1. Continue from Test 1 (or Edit an existing Object or Procedural Record)
    2. Click on the Add button to the right of the Related Objects menu header
  • Expected:
    • A dialog should appear, the rest of the page should be inactivated and greyed out
  • Actions:
    1. Click the search button at the bottom right of the dialog
    2. A list of records should appear and the Relate Selected button should be grayed out
    3. Select one of the records by marking the check box to the left of its Identification number
    4. Click the Relate Selected button - this should now be active
  • Expected
    • The dialog should be dismissed
    • The newly added record should be listed under the Related Objects menu in the right sidebar
  • Actions
    1. Continue from Test 3 or edit any existing Object or Procedural Record
    2. Click on the Add button to the right of the Related Objects menu header in the right sidebar
  • Expected:
    • A dialog should appear, the rest of the page should be inactivated and greyed out
  • Actions:
    1. Enter the phrase QA TEST into the Keyword search
    2. Click the search button at the bottom right of the dialog
  • Expected
    1. At least one Object record should appear in the search results
  • Actions:
    1. Create a new Object or Procedural Record
    2. Fill in at the least the field required to be able to save the record, and Save
    3. Click on the Add button next to the Related Objects menu in the right sidebar
    4. In the dialog that appears, click the search button at the bottom right
  • Expected:
    • The text "1-# of X records found", where X>=11 should be displayed
    • A select box at the bottom of the results should say "# per page"
  • Actions:
    1. Variation A: Select 20 from the select box
    2. Variation B: Select 40 from the select box
    3. On variation A: 20 records should be shown and the bottom of the list should show the total number of search results pages
    4. On variation B: 40 records should be shown and the bottom of the list should show the total number of search results pages
    5. Clicking the right and left arrows next to the search results pages should take you to the next and previous pages
    6. If you are at the first page or last page, the next and previous links, respectively, should be disabled
    7. Clicking the numbers should take you directly to that page of results
  • Actions:
    1. Continue from Test 7, keeping the Add dialog with search results open
    2. Select the checkboxes of at least two objects on the first page and one from another page
    3. Click the Relate Selected button
  • Expected
    • The dialog should be dismissed
    • All the newly added records should be listed under Related Objects in the right sidebar
    • The number to the right of the Related Objects menu header should match the number of objects you selected (e.g. Related Objects:3)
  • Actions
    1. Continue from Test 9
    2. Click the ID number of an Object record in the Related Objects menu of the right sidebar
  • Expected:
    • The data entry screen for the Object record you selected should load
  • Actions
    1. Create a new Object record (called Record A from now on)
    2. Fill in the Identification Number
    3. Fill in the Object Name
    4. Do NOT fill out the Title field
    5. Click the save button
    6. Take a note of the time stamp
    7. Add a related record (Called Record B from now on) using the Add button in the right sidebar (Related Objects or Related Procedures)
    8. Click the newly added Record B to pivot to it
  • Expected
    • The object you created (Record A) should be listed under Related Objects in the right sidebar
    • The Identification Number should be displayed in the ID column
    • The Title column should contain Object Name and the Updated column the last edit date
    • Known issue:  DRYD-290 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  • Action:
    1. Take a note of the ID Number and type of record you are currently on (Record B)
    2. Pivot to Record A by clicking on the ID number
    3. Fill out the Title field and save
    4. Take a note of the time stamp
    5. Pivot back to the record you came from (Record B)
  • Expected
    • Record A should be listed under Related Objects in the right sidebar
    • The ID Number should be displayed in the ID column
    • The Title column should contain Primary value of Title and the Updated column the last edit date
  • Actions
    1. Create a new Cataloging object record (called Record A from now on)
    2. Fill in the Identification Number
    3. Fill in the Object Name
    4. Do NOT fill out the Title field
    5. Decide on any type of authority (eg. Person) and fill out two authority fields of this type with the same authority term
    6. Make sure to take a note of the names of the authority fields you filled out
    7. Click save
    8. The authority terms should now be displayed in the Terms Used menu of the right sidebar
    9. Click on one of the authority terms
  • Expected
    • The authority term should be loaded
    • The object you created in the beginning of this test should be listed under Used By in the right sidebar, once for each field the authority term is used in
    • The Identification Number should be displayed in the Recrd column
    • The summary column should contain the Object Name, and the Field column the name of the field that contains this authority
  • Actions
    1. Pivot back to the object record by clicking on the Identification number
    2. Fill out the Title field and click the save button
    3. Pivot back to the authority you came from
  • Expected
    • The object should still be listed under in the Used By area, once for each field you entered the authority you are in
    • The Identification Number should be displayed in the number column
    • The summary column should contain the Title and the Field column the name of the field that contains this authority
    • Known issue:  DRYD-634 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  • Actions
    1. Edit an existing Object or Procedural Record (Note: The right sidebar of Authority records is not expected to follow the same functionality, so please restrict this testing to Object or Procedural records.)
    2. Click on the Add button next to Related Objects in the right sidebar
    3. Variation 1: In the appearing dialog, click the close button in the top right corner
    4. Variation 2: Press the Esc key
  • Expected:
    • The dialog should be dismissed
    • No changes should have occurred to page
  • Actions:
    1. Open an existing Object record
    2. Take a note of the Object Identification Number
    3. Click on the Add button next to Related Objects in the right sidebar
    4. In the appearing dialog, type in the identification number of the record you are editing
    5. Click the search button at the bottom right of the dialog
  • Expected
    • The record you are currently editing should appear but be disabled
    • There should be no checkbox next to it
  • Actions:
    1. Continue from Test 21
    2. Click on the Add button next to Related Objects in the right sidebar
    3. In the appearing dialog click the search button at the bottom right
    4. Select an object using the checkbox next to it
    5. Click the Relate Selected button
  • Expected
    • The dialog should be dismissed
    • The object should be added to the Related Objects menu in the right sidebar
  • Actions:
    1. Repeat the steps in this test adding the exact same Object
  • Expected:
    • The record should be inactive and there should be no checkbox next to it


Please note: If testing with Safari, in order to be able to tab to all the controls, you need to either hold down the option key while pressing tab, or check the option labeled "Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage" in Preferences/Advanced. 

  • Actions
    1. Do the following using keyboard only:
      • Open a dialog to add a related object
      • Change the number of results shown per page in the dialog
      • Use the 'next', 'prev' and page-number links in the dialog
      • Mark at least 2 objects to relate to the current record
      • Relate the selected records
      • Pivot to at least one of them by clicking (via keyboard) the link under Cataloging in the right sidebar
  • Expected:
    • You should be able to do all the above using keyboard only
    • The tab-ordering and keys used should be logical
    • At all times, you should be able to see where focus is
  • Spend a few minutes forcing the program to expose buggy behavior by:
    • using the system in ways not covered by the testplan
    • using the system in unexpected ways
    • doing whatever you can think of that will produce bugs and unexpected behavior.
    • Be creative!
    • feel free to extend this to behavior related to this testplan